Friedlich bekämpfen
Nacht sich und Tag.
Wie das zu dämpfen,
Wie das zu lösen vermag!
Der mich bedrückte,
Schläfst du schon, Schmerz?
Was mich beglückte
Sage, was war's doch, mein Herz?
Freude wie Kummer,
Fühl' ich, zerrann,
Aber den Schlummer
Führten sie leise heran.
Und im Entschweben,
Immer empor,
Kommt mir das Leben
Ganz, wie ein Schlummerlied vor.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Abendlied", op. 92 (Vier Quartette) no. 3 (1874-84), published 1884 [ SATB chorus and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Abendgefühl", 1862 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Abendgefühl", 1863 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Abendgefühl", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Ebel (1883 - 1963), "Abendgefühl", op. 18 (Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Klose (1862 - 1942), "Abendgefühl", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Carl Schreiber (1895 - 1985), "Abendgefühl", op. 13 no. 1, published 1920 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna Teichmüller (1861 - 1940), "Abendgefühl", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier ) no. 4, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Dreililien [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Peacefully does night struggle with day", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Impression vespérale", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 58
Peacefully does night
struggle with the day:
how to muffle it,
how to dissolve it.
That which depressed me,
are you already asleep, o Pain?
That which made me happy,
say, what was it, my heart?
Joy, like anguish,
I feel has melted away,
but they have gently
invoked slumber instead.
And as I float away,
ever skyward,
it occurs to me that life
is just like a lullaby.
